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National Gallery of Art DC app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 2720 ratings )
Travel Education
Developer: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Free
Current version: 3.61, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 22 Mar 2019
App size: 230.01 Mb

Become your own guide with this ultimate companion to your museum visit. An interactive map pinpoints your location and brings you the fascinating stories behind the masterpieces you see before you. With more than 130 audio stops and 1,000 object descriptions written by National Gallery of Art curators, you’ll discover the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas, the largest and last of Alexander Calder’s famous mobiles, and thousands of works in between.


• Pinpoint your location on an interactive map to navigate the West Building, East Building, and Sculpture Garden
• Locate hundreds of artworks in the galleries
• Listen to audio from Gallery curators or read expanded information about artworks
• Find museum stores, restrooms, elevators, restaurants, and other amenities

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About the National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum in Washington, DC, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets along Constitution Avenue NW. The Gallery’s collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present. The National Gallery of Art preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. Entry to the permanent collection, exhibitions, and programs is always free of charge.
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*GPS usage: Continued use of the GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This app is optimized to conserve as much battery as possible.